August 19, 2015
A Brand New Gospel Song Launches Online Instead of a Church Room
Stephen Boakye launches his maiden song.
Ghana is about to experience a Spirit filled gospel Music from a professional gospel new artist Kwaku Boakye on Sunday 30th August, 2015 through the major media across the country and beyond.
Kwaku looks forward to using his talent to draw a lot of people to Jesus and help them through their struggles and also promises to use his talent desirably to contribute to the promotion of the everlasting true gospel music and the development of the Ghanaian music industry.
‘Okronkron’ as the title of the new song is sung in the Twi language and it’s accompanied by urban harmonic structures to give its final soothing nature. Both industrial and educational experts have given their utmost approval to the release of the song to bless audience with the taste of Christian music.
The music speaks about the holiness of Jehovah and also as the fortress, protector and the rock of the singer. It was recorded and mixed by Ray Michael at the New Creation Studio in Darkuman, and it invited awesome instrumentalists in the city of Accra.
Excellent for the great work in putting this life changing song together that will bring people to Christ. Good job and keep it up – Dr. Mawuyram Adjahoe
The music graduate and tutor of music is so pleased with what his creator is using him to do now and days to come. He is launching the single on Youtube instead of a physical church building because of his believe in technology as the strong medium to use to reach his audience. The song can be listened on his Youtube page here and on Sound Cloud here.
“I am so amazed by the works of Jehovah, His mercies and grace is more than enough in my life and I can say that he has blessed me with an awesome gift of writing, composing and singing abilities that go beyond what my imagination could hold”. He declared.
Kwaku has an absolute faith that ‘Okronkron’ and other subsequent tracks would have a greater impact in the Ghanaian gospel scene and also bless souls through worship and prayer.
For further information, contact Kwaku Boakye at (+233) 242115167/ 263142477.
August 19, 2015
Applications Open to Win $50,000 at the Village Capital and Gearbox Hardware Accelerator Program
Nairobi – August 13, 2015 – We are excited to announce the launch of our first Hardware accelerator in Africa, in partnership with Gearbox, a unique space for inventors to build and showcase innovative ideas in East Africa. With support from The Lemelson Foundation, The Doen Foundation, SGII, and VC4Africa, Village Capital and Gearbox will provide unique capacity building to African Entrepreneurs looking to scale their businesses.
12 high-potential invention-based ventures will be selected to participate and will receive extensive feedback from their peers, potential customers, investors and industry experts, as well as the opportunity to peer-select two participating ventures to receive $50,000 each in pre-committed investment. The program is structured as three intensive 4-day sessions over 3 months with additional remote collaboration online between sessions.
There is no cost to apply and no program fee for chosen enterprises. We do not take equity up front for participation. The application deadline is September 7th, but early applicants will receive more attention from our selection panel.
We are especially interested in companies seeking to improve access to energy for all or provide increased agricultural productivity for small-holder farmers. Examples include:
Program Dates:
Session 1: October 21-24; Nairobi, Kenya
Session 2: January 6-9; TBD
Session 3: February 22-25; Nairobi, Kenya
Travel Stipend:
Travel stipends will be provided for selected applicants in need. Special consideration will be given for entrepreneurs headquartered outside of Kenya.
To learn more about our program online, click here.
To schedule an information session, please follow this link.
Or, apply now!
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